SG City's Director of Golf Operations

When the City of St. George hired Mike Jurca as Director of Golf Operations, they got a hometown graduate of Dixie High and Brigham Young University to oversee all golf operations, teaching facilities and personnel at the four City-owned courses: Sunbrook, Southgate, Dixie Red Hills and St. George Golf Club.

With more than eight years in public and private sector golf roles, Jurca is dedicated to developing and implementing strategies to ensure optimum utilization of the City’s golf course facilities while serving the public need for recreation. He is responsible for the organization and operation of all golf marketing, advertising, special events, programming, public relations, communications and business administrative duties for the golf operation division.

Prior to joining the team at the City of St George, Jurca was the Director of Golf Operations for Homestead Resort and Golf Club in Midway, Utah, from 2019 to 2024. During this stint, Homestead established course records for green fee revenues and merchandise revenues. Prior to that he led golf operations for the City of Grand Junction, Colo., and was the Head Golf Professional for the privately owned Ledges Golf Club in St. George.

Jurca has had a strong career on the course as well. Twice an individual state champion at Dixie High (2005, 2007), Jurca went on to compete at BYU for four seasons. He made the cut in consecutive Utah Opens (2022, 2023) and qualified for the PGA Professional Championship in 2023.

Beginning in the 1990s, Jurca was among the first generation of children who were involved in the City of St. George’s Junior Association of Golf – a program he will now oversee in a professional capacity.